Sister Madsen loves dogs and is a memeber of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She has been called to serve as a missionary in the Illinois Chicago West Mission

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

prAYEEEEE January 30, 2017

Hi, hello preparation day starts earlier now because of the whole
schedule change which is the greatest so good morning. We were told
about the schedule change a couple weeks ago at zone conference and
we're given the option if we wanted to start with the new schedule a
couple weeks ago or wait until they announced it so Sister Wallace and
I have actually been doing it for awhile now and it's great I love it.
Sometimes it's hard because as much change as a mission brings I am
still NOT a morning person so planning for the day can be hard but
it's worth it. A kind of sad thing happened this week so I will start
with that. We were teaching the Congo family. And just really trying
to help them understand the priesthood because they believe our church
is true but they don't think they need to be baptized again which is
contradictory. So we are teaching them and then Eli asks us what we
would do if we moved to a place where our church wasn't. What would we
do. Would we go to a different church? Which was the best question
EVER. And so we were able to first talk about missionary work and
building the church where we are and then they asked WHY we would do
that and we were able to teach and testify of the priesthood. And that
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is God's true church
on the earth today. It was awesome. And THEN Eli says to us that he
likes our church and he is going to keep going. But it is not his
church. And he will keep coming to our church while he tries to do
missionary work and start up his church here in America because it is
only in the Congo. And I wanted to DIE. Because that was the opposite
of what was supposed to happen. Then he told us he had to go to work
but asked us to come back next week. And so we had to leave right
after he said that. And I just cried and cried. Never before had I
felt the spirit so present in a lesson. It was the most clear and
direct lesson about the priesthood I have ever taught. AND THEY STILL
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND/ weren't listening. That night I thought and I
thought about how we could possibly know that Joseph Smith was THE
prophet and that the priesthood was restored to only him and I felt
the spirit so strong confirm to me that the only way we can know
anything is through prayer. Heavenly Father is the only one who knows
all and can tell all. Which, duh. But feeling the spirit confirms those
things we know and just makes it feel even better. This world... tumult of
opinion... pray people!!!
In other news we had a "fill the chapel" Sunday yesterday and it was
10/10, none of our investigators came, but it was still great. A lot of
less active members came, INCLUDING Angel who has been coming to
church more frequently since a little before I got here. It was a big
deal because she literally gave birth last week. I gave a talk on the
Sabbath day, afterward we had a potluck and I ate so much food... so
much.. there were waffles with bacon inside of them. Enough said.
Love you
Sister Madsen